WinUI Gallery v3.0.4

WinUI Gallery 3.0 runs on the experimental Windows App SDK 2.5 (self-contained) and adds samples for upcoming WinUI controls and windowing APIs. It also improves search and includes many accessibility fixes.

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Note

This release uses Windows App SDK 2.5.4-experimental. Pages that cover experimental APIs carry an Experimental badge, and those APIs can change.

Highlights

• Experimental Windows App SDK (self-contained) and new windowing APIs: Window.Width/Height/MinWidth/MinHeight/MaxWidth/MaxHeight samples by Jesse Collins (@JesseCol) in #2229, Window UX refinements by Niels Laute (@niels9001) in #2234, and the update to 2.5.4-experimental by Pranav Gupta (@pranav-gupta-msft) in #2251
• Experimental controls: FlowLayout, LayoutPanel, PagerControl and WrapPanel samples with Experimental badges by Morten Nielsen (@dotMorten) in #2233
• TableView: five samples for the new native TableView by Morten Nielsen (@dotMorten) in #2250
• Inking: InkCanvas and InkToolBar samples by Morten Nielsen (@dotMorten) in #2245
• Charts: a new experimental Chart page covering line, bar, area, axes, markers, data labels, time series and live data by Nitin Chaudhary (@Nitin-100) (building on Morten Nielsen (@dotMorten)'s work) in #2261
• Better search: tag-based search by Marcel W. (@marcelwgn) in #2185, and a redesigned no-results state by Zakaria Tahri (@Zakariathr22) in #2255
• Sample catalog for tools: every page and sample is indexed in catalog/windows-samples.json by Jaylyn Barbee (@Jaylyn-Barbee) in #2232

New and updated samples

• ListView ScrollIntoView and ListViewPersistenceHelper samples by Niels Laute (@niels9001) in #2179
• Animated GIF sample on the Image page by Niels Laute (@niels9001) in #2178
• File thumbnails sample by Niels Laute (@niels9001) in #2177
• Stretchable title bar search box and drag region sample by Niels Laute (@niels9001) in #2182
• PipsPager.WrapMode option by Niels Laute (@niels9001) in #2199
• Camera source picker in the CaptureElementPreview sample by @Copilot in #2189
• Clarified SystemBackdropElement theme update behavior by @Copilot in #2186
• Alpha channel option for ColorSelector by HO-COOH in #2221
• Updated TimePicker regional clock guidance by Niels Laute (@niels9001) in #2224
• Mouse back/forward button navigation by hoshiizumiya in #2195
• Removed the ListBox sample by Niels Laute (@niels9001) in #2180
• Create DataTemplates in code with the experimental DataTemplate(DataTemplateElementFactory) constructor, and show NavigationView header and separator items in the data binding sample, by Niels Laute (@niels9001) in #2258
• Use the experimental SetThemeResourceBinding for theme-aware resources set from code, which fixes brushes that didn't update on theme change, by Niels Laute (@niels9001) in #2259
• Refined XamlResources examples with InfoBars by Zakaria Tahri (@Zakariathr22) in #2271

Accessibility

• Fix Canvas slider Narrator announcement by Protik Biswas (@protikbiswas100) in #2202
• Fix keyboard navigation for the ConnectedAnimation ItemsRepeater sample by Protik Biswas (@protikbiswas100) in #2206
• Update Axe.Windows by Vineeth (@vineethkuttan) in #2207
• Fix missing accessible name on AppWindow sample Close buttons by Harini Malothu (@HariniMalothu17) in #2208
• Fix keyboard focus trap in the StoragePickers sample by Harini Malothu (@HariniMalothu17) in #2209
• Fix low color contrast of the spatial audio caption in dark mode by Harini Malothu (@HariniMalothu17) in #2210
• Fix Go Back button focus obscured in the ConnectedAnimation detail sample by Harini Malothu (@HariniMalothu17) in #2212
• Bring keyboard-focused controls into view on the Easing Functions page by Harini Malothu (@HariniMalothu17) in #2213
• Fix focus indicator overlapping radio buttons in the Border sample by Suraj Kumar Gupta (@suragupta-msft) in #2214
• Fix accessible names that repeat control roles by ayushjai19 in #2243
• Fix ItemsView sample truncation in portrait orientation by Harini Malothu (@HariniMalothu17) in #2249

Fixes

• Fix a TableView NullReferenceException in trimmed (Store) builds by Niels Laute (@niels9001) in #2265
• Enable mouse and touch inking in the InkCanvas toolbar and save/restore samples by Niels Laute (@niels9001) in #2266
• Use the standard info icon for the Status & info navigation category by Florian Blasius (@FlorianBlasius) in #2270
• Remove outdated color warning and update colors by Jay (@Jay-o-Way) in #2170
• Fix missing closing tag in the SystemBackdrop Acrylic sample by Mahmoud Elgohary (@melgoharyme) in #2188
• Fix WinUIBaseUrl by hoshiizumiya in #2194
• Correct Flyout XAML in the AppBarButton example by hoshiizumiya in #2201
• Remove Storage Picker focus workaround by Niels Laute (@niels9001) in #2225
• Fix PreferredHeightOption spelling in the AppWindow example by Yexuan Xiao (@YexuanXiao) in #2227
• Fix malformed XAML in 13 sample bundles by Jaylyn Barbee (@Jaylyn-Barbee) in #2228
• Publish withheld XAML when the sample's own C# declares the type by Jaylyn Barbee (@Jaylyn-Barbee) in #2236
• Reformat the AppWindow InfoBar warning by Zakaria Tahri (@Zakariathr22) in #2241
• Remove hard-coded ColorValue from ColorTile by @Copilot in #2242
• Set SelectsOnInvoked to False on items that don't navigate by eduardobragaxz in #2244
• Remove special-case Windowing item sorting by Marcel W. (@marcelwgn) in #2246

Infrastructure

• Remove the wapproj by Tera (@0x5bfa) in #2171, with cleanup by Marcel W. (@marcelwgn) in #2184
• Remove unnecessary csproj definitions by Tera (@0x5bfa) in #2183
• Use ApplicationDataSettingsProvider by Mahdi Hosseini (@ghost1372) in #2197
• Windows App SDK 2.1.3 by Niels Laute (@niels9001) in #2181 and 2.2.0 by Mahdi Hosseini (@ghost1372) in #2196
• Version bumps by Marcel W. (@marcelwgn) in #2187 and #2217, and to 3.0 by Niels Laute (@niels9001) in #2254
• Guarded Store release pipeline by Niels Laute (@niels9001) in #2218 and #2222
• Updated README screenshot by Zakaria Tahri (@Zakariathr22) in #2240
• Fix CA1310 culture-sensitive string comparisons by Niels Laute (@niels9001) in #2260
• Auto-generated 1ES pipeline baselines in #2220
• Store package flight support in the release pipeline by Niels Laute (@niels9001) in #2257, and release branches in the publishing runbook in #2263

New contributors

• Mahmoud Elgohary (@melgoharyme) made their first contribution in #2188
• hoshiizumiya made their first contribution in #2194
• Protik Biswas (@protikbiswas100) made their first contribution in #2202
• Vineeth (@vineethkuttan) made their first contribution in #2207
• Harini Malothu (@HariniMalothu17) made their first contribution in #2208
• Suraj Kumar Gupta (@suragupta-msft) made their first contribution in #2214
• Jaylyn Barbee (@Jaylyn-Barbee) made their first contribution in #2228
• eduardobragaxz made their first contribution in #2244
• ayushjai19 made their first contribution in #2243
• Pranav Gupta (@pranav-gupta-msft) made their first contribution in #2251
• Nitin Chaudhary (@Nitin-100) made their first contribution in #2261
• Florian Blasius (@FlorianBlasius) made their first contribution in #2270

Full Changelog: v2.9.3...v3.0.4